The Electric Reliability Council of Texas urged Texans to cut back on power usage last week when an unusually large number of power plants shut down for unexpected repairs as temperatures soared. ERCOT officials announced Friday that Texans could resume normal levels of electricity use, however.
ERCOT came under fire after widespread outages during the winter storm in mid-February, resulting in the CEO being forced out and much of the board replaced.
Saturday marked the official first day ...
A severe thunderstorm rocked areas of the Hill Country with heavy rain, high winds, or both in some cases on Monday night. Burg’s Corner in Stonewall reported upended trees in the peach orchard due to the wind. The heavy hail in May is also bearing fruit now, as harvests reveal bruised and battered peaches throughout the orchard for many local farms.
Echo Gallery owner-operators Linda Haddock and John Sone announce the result of negotiations for the sale of the historic Cox Brothers Ford dealership building. Completed on July 6, 1933, the structure was described by the Johnson City Record Courier as “one of the most modern structures in the city”. At the time of its closing it was the second oldest dealership in Texas.
Founded by Haddock in 2014, partner Sone helped move the gallery from its first location at 305 E.
Mary Ruth Sultemeier and Walter Wallis were married on June 24, 1961 at First Baptist Church of Johnson City, Texas. Mary Ruth is the only daughter of the late Felix and Jewell Sultemeier. Walter is the only son of the late Lanham Mark & Lois Wallis.
Mary Ruth and Walter made their first home in San Antonio, Texas, where Walter taught Agriculture at Southside High School.
Gov. Greg Abbott vowed last week at a border security summit to build a barrier to slow the flow of migrants through the state’s southern border.
Abbott said details would be forthcoming for the wall, which would be part of a new enforcement plan administered by several state agencies, ranging from the governor’s office to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Can you picture a member of your family attacking a mail carrier? Of course not, but it happened over 5,800 times last year across the nation.
More than 5,800 postal employees were attacked by dogs in the United States in 2020. To highlight the enormity of this serious issue, the U.S.
This is a topic I have discussed before, but it is a message that needs to be repeated. Simply put, for the health and sustainability of the local ecosystem, native plants are essential and non-native plants are either mildly or severely detrimental.
Unfortunately, most of us grew up and learned whatever we know about plants and gardening without any regard to the distinction between natives and exotics.
I was in the eighth grade in the old American School of Monterrey, Mexico. It was located right in the heart of the city and, except for the street entrance, was closed in on all sides by high adobe walls. A little kindergarten building was located on the gravel playground apart from the main building.
Next to the door on the outside of that little building was a stovepipe.
Art Kowert, long-time editor and publisher of the Fredericksburg Standard, once wrote a story about the time a visitor to Fredericksburg asked an old-timer, whose first language was Town Creek German, for directions to a certain place.
“Sure,” the old-timer said. “Go the street down, drive the bridge over, turn the corner around and there you are.”
Believe it or not there was a time not so long ago when finding your way from one place to another, even in a small town, was a little ...
“Do you have time for this?” my husband, Peter, asked.
Peter almost never questions what I’m doing unless I’m doing something particularly stupid. Yesterday, I had a meeting on Zoom. I figured I could finish my work, take my walk early, then run downtown and get my errands done all in time for my meeting.
“Sure!” I assured him.